Work-related stress among health professionals in northern Jordan

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-147

  Boran, A ^a   Shawaheen, M ^b   Khader, Y ^a   Amarin, Z ^a   Hill Rice, V ^c  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b Jordan Royal Medical Services   (Jordan)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Health professionals; Job related; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857660925     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqr180     Document Type: Article

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